Dark Stores Project Manager at Jumia Nigeria

Jumia is a leading e-commerce platform in Africa. It is built around a marketplace, Jumia Logistics, and JumiaPay. The marketplace helps millions of consumers and sellers to connect and transact. Jumia Logistics enables the delivery of millions of packages through our network of local partners. JumiaPay facilitates the payments of online transactions for Jumia's ecosystem. With over 1 billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa, Jumia believes that e-commerce is making people's lives easier by helping them shop and pay for millions of products at the best prices wherever they live. E-commerce is also creating new opportunities for SMEs to grow, and job opportunities for a new generation to thrive.

With over 5,000 employees in more than 10 countries in Africa, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating a sustainable impact in Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Dark Stores Project Manager

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Commercial

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing assortment, inventory and monthly campaigns for multiple dark stores
• Collaborates across teams (buying, brand managers) and departments (Commercial, Marketing, logistics) to actively manage the assortment of our Dark Stores to cover 2K+ products
• Manage commercial operations for dark stores (cat tree, backend systems, etc)
• Monitor and analyze current inventory for each dark store based on key inventory management KPIs
• Ensure buying team raises PO’s and sends to suppliers on time with right quantities
• Ensuring there is a steady flow of stock between our main warehouse and each dark store
• Developing monthly campaigns with KAMs to drive engagement and orders at DKSs
• Anticipating the needed inventory based on sales history, seasons and upcoming campaigns

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting)
• Advanced Excel to create macros, pivot tables, vlookups, analytical capabilities and workbooks.
• 5+ years FMCG experience, ideally in grocery
• Demonstrated competency in data reporting and analysis
• Collaborating across many departments (logistics, procurement, finance, etc.) to rapidly grow a business
• Experience with commercial operations and ability to quickly navigate back-end systems

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures
• Competitive compensation.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.